The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 2. köideMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 503 pages |
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Page 251
... Guinea ( Plate X. , vol . i . p . 414 ) ; Dorcopsis ( 2 sp . ) Aru and Mysol Islands , and New Guinea ; Onychogalea ( 3 sp . ) , Central Australia ; Lagor- chestes ( 5 sp . ) , North , West , and South Australia ; Bettongia ( 6 sp ...
... Guinea ( Plate X. , vol . i . p . 414 ) ; Dorcopsis ( 2 sp . ) Aru and Mysol Islands , and New Guinea ; Onychogalea ( 3 sp . ) , Central Australia ; Lagor- chestes ( 5 sp . ) , North , West , and South Australia ; Bettongia ( 6 sp ...
Page 252
... Guinea to the Moluccas and Celebes . The distribu- tion of the genera is as follows : -Phascolarctos ( 1 sp . ) , the koala , East Australia ; Phalangista ( 5 sp . ) , East , South , and West Australia , and Tasmania ; Cuscus ( 8 sp ...
... Guinea to the Moluccas and Celebes . The distribu- tion of the genera is as follows : -Phascolarctos ( 1 sp . ) , the koala , East Australia ; Phalangista ( 5 sp . ) , East , South , and West Australia , and Tasmania ; Cuscus ( 8 sp ...
Page 255
... Guinea has a peculiar species ; while the Mid - Atlantic island Tristan d'Acunha , -one of the most remote and isolated spots on the globe , -has a peculiarly modified form of thrush . Several of the smaller West Indian Islands have ...
... Guinea has a peculiar species ; while the Mid - Atlantic island Tristan d'Acunha , -one of the most remote and isolated spots on the globe , -has a peculiarly modified form of thrush . Several of the smaller West Indian Islands have ...
Page 261
... Guinea ; ( 1027 ) Pterohinus ( 3 sp . ) , North China , East Thibet ; ( 1029 1030 ) Mala- cocircus ( 9 sp . ) , Continental India and Ceylon , Arabia , Nubia ; ( 1031 ) Chatarrhea ( 5 sp . ) , Abyssinia , Palestine , India , Nepal ...
... Guinea ; ( 1027 ) Pterohinus ( 3 sp . ) , North China , East Thibet ; ( 1029 1030 ) Mala- cocircus ( 9 sp . ) , Continental India and Ceylon , Arabia , Nubia ; ( 1031 ) Chatarrhea ( 5 sp . ) , Abyssinia , Palestine , India , Nepal ...
Page 263
... Guinea ; ( 971 ) Myiophonus ( 5 sp . ) , Himalayas to Ceylon , Java , South China , and Formosa . ( 981 ) Mesites ( 1 sp . ) , Madagascar , is an anomalous bird placed with Eupetes by Mr. G. R. Gray , but of very uncertain affinities ...
... Guinea ; ( 971 ) Myiophonus ( 5 sp . ) , Himalayas to Ceylon , Java , South China , and Formosa . ( 981 ) Mesites ( 1 sp . ) , Madagascar , is an anomalous bird placed with Eupetes by Mr. G. R. Gray , but of very uncertain affinities ...
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